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Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court. (archive.ph)

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In July 2024, ANI filed a lawsuit against Wikimedia Foundation in the Delhi High Court — claiming to have been defamed in its article on Wikipedia — and sought ₹2 crore (US$240,000) in damages. At the time of the suit's filing, the Wikipedia article about ANI said the news agency had "been accused of having served as a propaganda tool for the incumbent central government, distributing materials from a vast network of fake news websites, and misreporting events on multiple occasions". The filing accused Wikipedia of publishing "false and defamatory content with the malicious intent of tarnishing the news agency's reputation, and aimed to discredit its goodwill".

On 5 September, the Court threatened to hold Wikimedia guilty of contempt for failing to disclose information about the editors who had made changes to the article and warned that Wikipedia might be blocked in India upon further non-compliance. The judge on the case stated "If you don't like India, please don't work in India... We will ask government to block your site". In response, Wikimedia emphasized that the information in the article was supported by multiple reliable secondary sources. Justice Manmohan said "I think nothing can be worse for a news agency than to be called a puppet of an intelligence agency, stooge of the government. If that is true, the credibility goes."

On 21 October, the Wikimedia Foundation suspended access to the article for Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation due to an order from the court.

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[-] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 183 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck the Indian state and its enablers.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 57 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. India is pretty much a piece of shit country. Their government seems really corrupt and they pollute like mad while they still have so much of their busted caste system in place. All while being racist as hell.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

they still have so much of their busted caste system in place

That really depends on the region, and it's more a cultural thing than an actual construct. A large chunk of the country doesn't meaningfully follow the caste system.

Source: Indian colleagues from various parts of the country.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ask them how they feel about marrying someone outside of their caste.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have. In some areas, they still practice arranged marriages, whereas in others, it works a lot more like in western countries.

India is a big, diverse country, and almost all of it has gone through substantial changes in the last few decades WRT social structure. The caste system has gone from "basically universal" to "a strong influence in decisions" to "barely recognizable in significant parts of the country." Yes, it still exists in some form in many areas, but it also is effectively dead in many others.

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